Guy de Maupassant, a French 19th century author, is considered one of the masters of the short story form. A protégé of Gustave Flaubert, a leading figure in literary realism, Guy’s work personifies the efficiency of language, the depth and intensity of his compositions and the naturalism of his storytelling.His writing is comforting, easy and flowing. His material is almost of the mundane, the lives of innocents effected by the tumultuous times of the Franco-Prussian War of the 1870s. His work often exemplified the futility and madness of war, how people were powerless against it, and how war and the associated hardships would forever change them.Bellflower, though set after the war, talks of an altogether different form of suffering and tragedy. After my narration of this tale, I will speak of my thoughts on the themes raised within it.Enjoy!

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